VERY astute deduction, Dave! I thought the same. Mika and Joe will be devastated that they received no heads up on this magnificent version of “YOU’RE FIRED” from their friends in the White House, who “still call them”.
It was a total break down by Trump staffers, according to Brit Hume, that this effort to use a courier to hand deliver the termination letter to Comey could not even master checking to see if Comey was in!
Terrible optics, disgusting and cruelly UN-professional!
The White House didn’t know Comey was in California and therefore released their statement to the press, after informing party leaders, Dianne Feinstein and other ranking members, and chairs of committees. Very tacky termination.
But YOU nailed it. No leaks! Stunning. Trump discussed this with no one but Sessions and sent the courier! Just wonderful execution, except for where it was bungled.
I kind of feel sorry for Comey finding out he’s fired that way.
Wait - no I don’t!
To really drain the swamp a lot of people need to get fired. A lot of government workers need to find out they’re fired. There’s no easy way to get fired and I hope Trump doesn’t spend a lot of effort trying to spare feelings.
Actually, I think this country really needed a good “You’re Fired!” moment. I hope there are many more to come. I want to see an endless trail of humiliated government workers, in tears, carrying their cardboard boxes out if some buildings - then I want to see pictures of lots of empty government buildings with yellow tape.
Look, I have a dear sister-in-law in the CIA (I think) and I hope she gets spared - but the private sector has been devastated by this tyrannical federal government for a century and a half and the cruelty of that is immeasurable, the government needs to be cut back severely. The bandaid needs to be ripped off.
If we’re going to worry about whether a corrupt FBI Director was fired in a nice enough way.... I worry the swamp will never get drained.
Know what I mean?
I love a case of Hardball! THAT’S how it’s done!!